CVE-2016-6733

HIGH

Android < 2016-11-05 - Elevation of Privilege via NVIDIA GPU Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-6733. PoCs published by codecat007.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA GPU driver (CVE-2016-6733) by rapidly opening and closing channels via ioctl calls, leading to a use-after-free condition. The code spawns multiple threads to trigger the race, targeting the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) interface.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30906694. References: NVIDIA N-CVE-2016-6733.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2016-6733

This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA GPU driver (CVE-2016-6733) by rapidly opening and closing channels via ioctl calls, leading to a use-after-free condition. The code spawns multiple threads to trigger the race, targeting the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) interface.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: NVIDIA GPU driver (Linux kernel DRM subsystem)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target device's /dev/dri/renderD129 interface · Multi-core CPU for thread scheduling
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94140

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 11.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
google/android < 7.0
Google Inc./Android Kernel-3.18
Published Nov 25, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026